grinding into gear

zenchal26

Petty Officer 3rd Class
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88 70 hp grinds into gear idle is as low as i can get it with out it cutting out around 800-1000. idle too high still? what would cause the eng to not be able to idle at the 650 range?
 

larky

Petty Officer 1st Class
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Aug 23, 2006
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Re: grinding into gear

to shift an outboard you should "snap" it into gear. easing it into gear is the worst way to do it. but if this is not the problem, then you could have a mis adjusted shift linkage, or a bad clutch dog.
 
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